France has a multi-party political system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments as its mentioned in the political map of France. Since the 1980s, France government has alternated between two rather stable coalitions: on the left, one led by the Socialist Party and with minor partners such as the French Communist Party, Europe Écologie–The Greens, Left Party, and the Left Radical Party. On the right, one led by the Union for a Popular Movement and its predecessors Rally for the Republic and the Union for French Democracy, with support from the centrist Nouveau Centre

 

The traditions of political conflict and of the strong state in France are the subjects of the political map of France. It will be argued that many, though not all, of France traditional political conflicts are now played out; that the state tradition is under threat from transformations in the European and global economies; but that both traditions nevertheless continue to structure the French political landscape.

 

The politics of class is the single most common factor dividing Left from Right in West European political systems, with the former seeking social justice through redistributive social and economic intervention by the state, and the latter committed to defending capitalism and private property (and, it would argue, prosperity) against the threats thus posed as its shown in the political map of France. But the manner in which class politics is played out in each country depends both on the other social and political cleavages present, and on the national pattern of economic development.